Gates Takes on the Big Aristotle

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By IGN

Strange things happen in Vegas. Amidst the flashing neon lights, all-night gambling, and endless bottles of liquor just about anything can become reality. Las Vegas is both the place of dreams and nightmares. Wednesday night, Vegas saw one of its stranger celebrity encounters. During his keynote speech at the annual Computer Electronics Show, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates slipped on an Xbox Communicator, fired up an Xbox, and went online.

Waiting online for Gates was Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal, who was playing from Los Angeles. The two played Microsoft's upcoming Midtown Madness 3, demonstrating its features and talking trash to one another. Please take a moment to think about what that must have been like. Gates and Shaq talking smack. What a world we live in.

Xbox Live has seen great success in less than two months of existence, with over 250,000 subscribers already online.

With the Big Daddy now a Live convert, what remains for Xbox Live? How about fifty more Live enabled games this year, full use of downloadable content with new levels for Splinter Cell at the top of the list. Now if only Gates would suit up and help the Lakers get back on track.